Barrel-bung.



No. B60 653.

, F. HNGEL Patented Oct. 30, 1900.

BARREL'BUNG.

(A ipliclticn flhd Apr.

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK WV. PINGEL, 0F WAYSIDE, \VISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE YVAYSIDE NOVELTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL' BU NG.

SPEGIFIGA'J.ION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 660,653. dated. October 30, 1900.

Application filed April 10,1899- Serial No. 712,361. (No model.)

To (0Z5 whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. PINGEL,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wayside, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Brings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

. My invention has especial reference to that class of bungs which are inserted in the bungholes of barrels after the original bung has been extracted, so that the liquid contents of the barrels are readily accessible at all times, while said bunghole is closed against ad mission of air, dust, insects, or other foreign matter; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be fullysetforth hereinafterandsubsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical central sectional view through one of my improved bungs with the cover closed and taken on the lines 1 l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my said device with the cover open and with portions broken away to better illustrate certain details of construction. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the cover of my device shown detached from the bung proper.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views, A represents a hollowed tapered bushing made, preferably, of wood and having an upper annular flange B, integral therewith, which flange is cut away or reduced in height all around its upper outer surface, so as to leave a central annular upper portion b, whose outer annular vertical edge forms a shoulder.

0 represents a ring made, preferably, of metal, such as aluminium, said ring being flat and having a downward-depending annular flange c of a diameter just sufficient to fit snugly around the outer periphery of the flange B of the bushing A.

D represents a flat gasket or packing-ring made,preferably,of rubberor'analogous yielding or flexible material and which is first slipped on the top of the flange B, around the central annular portion 1) thereof, and then the said ringOis slipped to place, resting upon said gasket against the shouldered edge of the an nular part b of the flange B and with the ringflange 0 extending down to the lower part of said flange B, in which position the said ring 0 is secured to the flange B, as by screws d d, passing through holes in said ring-flange into the bushing-flange.

Rising from the ring C and forming a part thereof is the curved keeper E, provided with the inward-projecting top 6, of considerable width at one end and decreasing to a point at its other end, where it coincides with the outer peripheral line of the said ring O. The vertical wall of the keeper beneath the projecting top 6 is thicker at one end than at the other,providing a substantially wedge-shaped wall having an inner face eccentric to the outer face. The space between the top 6 and vertical wall 6 of the keeper and the top of the ring 0 forms a curved groove f, in which a complementary part on the cover, hereinafter described, fits.

F represents the cover, which may be of either wood or metal, as preferred, and which may be cast of aluminium, like the ring 0, to which it is secured by a vertical pivot G, passing through a vertical hole in said cover and having its lower end preferably screw-threaded to engage with a tapped hole in the said ring, as shown in Fig. 1. The vertical face of the cover, beginning at a point opposite said pivotal point, is formed with a curved groove g of a size and shape to enable it to just receive the top 6 of the keeper E, while the bottom wall of this groove (marked h) is inset or cut away on a curved outer line to enable it to just fit inside the vertical wall of the keeper E, beneath the top e of the latter, when the cover is closed. The said top F is conveniently provided with a projecting lug or thumb-piece 1 for its ready manipulation.

When my improved bung hasbeen inserted in the bu ng-hole of a barrel containing a liquid, the same may be kept closed by the cover F, and when it is desired to siphon off the contents of the barrel the said cover may be instantly turned to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, and afterward quickly restored to the closed position, (shown in Fig. 1,) and by reason of the described long curved keeper and corresponding parts on the cover a very secure union of the parts in closure is effected.

While the described ring and keeper may be integrally cast out of metal, it is preferable that the bushing and flange should be of wood, inasmuch as with certain liquids the contact of metal will frequently affect the color and taste thereof, and hence in its preferred form my bung should be constructed as illustrated in the drawings, although certain of the details may be varied within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A barrel-bun g comprisinga hollow bushing, and a flat ring on the top of the bushing provided with a depending annular flange secured to the bushing and formed with a keeper having a vertical wall, and an inwardly-projecting top which forms between the same and the ring a groove, in combination with a horizontally-movable pivoted cover having a groove formed in its vertical face in which groove said keeper-top engages, and having below said groove a part adapted to engage in the groove formed between the keeper-top and the fiat ring and against the vertical wall of the keeper, substantially as described.

2. A barrel-bung comprising a hollow tapered bushing,

flange formed with an inner annular shoulder on its upper surface, in combination with having an upper annular a flat. ring having a downward-depending ailnu-lar flange secured to the annular flange of the bushing, and a curved keeper rising from its upper edge and having an inwardly-projecting curved top; a flexible gasket interposed between the horizontal portion of said ring and the flange beneath, and a horizontally-movable cover, pivoted to said ring and having a curved groove in its outer vertical face for engagement with the curved top of the keeper and the lower wall of said groove being inset or cut away on a curved line to engage with the inner, surface of the vertical wall of said keeper beneath the top of the latter.

3. In abung, the combination with a keeper having a substantially wedge-shaped vertical wall e, the inner face of which is eccentric to the outer face, and a horizontal in ward lyprojecting substantially wedge-shaped top 6, of a horizontally-movable pivoted cover having a groove g complementary to the top 6 and adapted to receive the same, and a part h adapted to engage beneath the top e, said part h having an eccentric outer face adapted to engage the eccentric inner face of the keeper-wall e, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Wayside, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, in the presence oftwo witnesses.

FREDERICK W. PINGEL.

Witnesses GEORGE FROSCH, AUG. KIEKH-AEFER. 

